The star revealed that the pair needed to split 'for their own happiness'

"I get these letters all the time from women who are in a very, very similar situation and I was giving them the advice, ‘You know sometimes when you’ve tried everything, it’s OK, it’s not a failure to say, ‘You know what, for both our sakes we’ve tried, moved on’.

"And as I was saying it, I was thinking, ‘I need to start listening to my own advice’. I can say it to them because I’m not emotionally attached. So I had to listen to my own advice, really."

She was then hugged by co-star Janet Street-Porter before the group moved on with the show.

Coleen concluded: “Can I just say, some of it as well was, when [my sister] Bernie passed away and then Linda of course got her secondary [cancer diagnosis] - all those things put things into perspective and also make you readdress if you’re happy or if your life’s happy.

"So, I think it’s a lot of factors, but hopefully now we can go forward, both of us and be positive and just be great parents to Ciara.”